Composition for paint



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EDWARD P. EMERSON, OF BLAIRSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMPOSITION FOR PAINT.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 27,280, dated February28, 1860.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD P. EuERsoN, of Blairsville,iu the county ofIndiana, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and ImprovedMode of Making a Paint; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull and exact mode and manner of making the same.

Provide two kettles of brass, iron, or copper, which I will denominateNo. 1 and No. 2.

-Into kettle No.1 put thirty-eight gallons of kettle No. 2 put rosintwenty-nine ounds, and add one gallon oi boil d-oil.

When that melts and begins" to b t on ad twenty-eight gallons of boiledoil. Letitsinr.

mer; then pour it into he e o. It isthen to be slowly simmered andthoroughly mixed until it forms one homogeneous mass. From this it is tobe transferred into a mixing-tub, when itis to be agitated thoroughlyand well mixed. Then to be added four hundred and sixty pounds of pure wh ite silex free of lumps. Add to every hundred pmof the entire masssixteen and a half ounces of the silicate of soda and eight ounces and ahalf of the sul- Tmf alumina. It may belixiviated Tm mid-ting orgrinding other paints and colored with any )i ment not incompatible withany of the ingredients. Flax; seed-oil may be used to assist in thelixivlat Tii'ffdf'grinding, or to give it a proper consistency necessaryfor use. It is to be applied, in the manner that all other paints are,to zinc, copper, lead, or tin, also to felt, paste board, canvas, glass,wood, brick, or stone.

- What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The composition of ingredients and mode of manufacturing the fire andwater proof paint substantially as described.

EDWARD P. EMERSON. Witnesses:

GHARLLS W. NmKERsoN, JAMES K. PETERS.

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